📚 Papers & Publications. The rigorous evidence base behind iSupport.

European Journal of Pediatrics paper

Screenshot of a research article titled 'Developing rights-based standards for children having tests, treatments, examinations and interventions' from the European Journal of Pediatrics, 2023, listing multiple authors' names.

This paper explains how the international iSUPPORT standards were created by gathering the experiences and opinions of over 700 children, parents, and healthcare professionals over a two-year period. By bringing all of these different perspectives together, the iSupport team were able to build a global consensus on how to protect a child's rights and well-being during health care procedures.

Journal of Pediatric Nursing editorial

Geting it right first and every time; re-thinking xchildren's rights when they have a clinical procedure. Journal fo Pediatric Nursign editorial

This paper discusses that if busy health care staff rush through a procedure and physically force it upon a frightened or distressed child, they are unknowingly compromising that child's rights. The authors call on the health care community to adopt a child-centred and rights-based approach by adopting the iSUPPORT standards to ensure children's emotional well-being is protected every single time they receive care.

Don’t Forget The Bubbles blog

This invited blog post challenges the approach of pinning down resistant children for non-urgent clinical procedures, highlighting the long-term psychological anxiety it can cause. It advocates for open, honest conversations among hospital staff and the adoption of rights-based standards to protect a child’s emotional well-being over clinical speed.

Acta Paediatricia paper

Screenshot of a scientific article titled 'Swedish translation of the iSUPPORT rights-based standards to support paediatric patients having a clinical procedure,' from Acta Paediatrica journal. The article discusses various sections including background, methods, and stages of translation, with references and footnotes.

This paper outlines the careful process of translating and adapting the international iSUPPORT standards into the Swedish language and healthcare system. The goal was to ensure Swedish children, parents, and healthcare workers have a clear, shared framework to protect children's emotional and psychological rights during health care procedures.